There's no evidence to suggest that Shakespeare ever wrote
a novel. This does not mean it's impossible that he did,
but I would say it means that, beyond a reasonable doubt,
he didn't. Which is why, "I think I can pretty safely say
that no number of monkeys, under any circumstances, will
ever reproduce a single Shakespeare novel... "

myocom: "And is a Shakespearean novel different from
a novel written by Shakespeare?"

Oooh, good one! But again, I return to my original
statement... a "Shakespeare novel" would pretty certainly
be a novel written by Shakespeare.

Okay, okay... it could be a novel written
about Shakespeare. But if you play it that way,
I'm going to have to get serious about definitions too.
We'll need neccesary and sufficient conditions for
novelhood, for monkeyhood, for typewriterhood... I can
squrim with the best of 'em... you're not taking me without
a fight! ;-)

Oh... I suppose we should actually associate this with
Perl somehow... um, use strict!